Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock dated January 25, 2021
Exhibit 4.1
TELIGENT, inc.
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,
RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES D CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE
Delaware GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
The undersigned, Timothy B. Sawyer and Philip K. Yachmetz, do hereby certify that:
1. They are the President and Secretary, respectively, of Teligent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”).
2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock.
3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”):
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as Preferred Stock, consisting of 1,000,000 shares, $0.01 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of up to 100,000 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:
TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK
Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, for the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Authorized Share Increase” shall be deemed to have occurred from and after the date the Corporation has obtained approval of its stockholders as is necessary to either (a) authorize additional shares of Common Stock in an amount sufficient to allow for full conversion of the Preferred Stock or (ii) effectuate a reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of Common Stock to allow for full conversion of the Preferred Stock.
“Available Shares” at any given time means a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of authorized shares of Common Stock of the Corporation at such time, less (a) the number of shares of Common Stock then reserved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors for issuance upon conversion or exercise of (i) securities outstanding as of the Original Issue Date and (ii) awards that may be granted under the Corporation’s equity incentive plans as in effect on the Original Issuance Date, (b) 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Common Stock) and (c) the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation at such time.
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Common Stock” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and any other securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Corporation or its subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
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“Conversion Shares” means initially two hundred (200) shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each share of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof, and delivered in accordance with Section 6(e)(i), and subject to adjustment as provided herein.
“Corporation Sale” shall mean the closing of (a) a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another entity or other corporate reorganization in which the Corporation is not the surviving entity (excluding any merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Corporation), (ii) a transaction or series of related transactions in which in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Corporation is transferred to a third party (or group of affiliated third parties), excluding a bona fide equity financing transaction, or (iii) a sale, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition (but not including a transfer or disposition by pledge or mortgage to a bona fide lender) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.
“Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Section 2. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of preferred stock shall be designated as its Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares so designated shall be up to 100,000 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of all of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”)). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.01 per share.
Section 3. Dividends. Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, dividends on shares of Preferred Stock equal (on an as-if-converted-to-Common-Stock basis) to and in the same form as dividends (other than dividends in the form of Common Stock) actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as and if such dividends (other than dividends in the form of Common Stock) are paid on shares of the Common Stock. Other than as set forth in the previous sentence, no other dividends shall be paid on shares of Preferred Stock; and the Corporation shall pay no dividends (other than dividends in the form of Common Stock) on shares of the Common Stock unless it simultaneously complies with the previous sentence.
Section 4. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (b) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the Holders, (c) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, or (d) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
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Section 5. Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding shall share, together with the holders of Common Stock, in any distribution of the remaining funds and assets available for distribution to the stockholders of the Corporation, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock such holders would have received had the conversion of such Preferred Stock occurred immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
Section 6.
a) Conversion at the Option of the Holder. Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible by the Holder thereof as follows:
i. | At any time and from time to time to the extent that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such conversion is less than or equal to the number of Available Shares; and |
ii. | At any time and from time to time, in full or in part, from and after the Authorized Share Increase; |
b) Notice of Conversion. Holders shall effect conversions by providing written notice to the Corporation (a “Notice of Conversion”). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by facsimile or e-mail such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued.
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c) Available Shares Report. Within two (2) Business Days of the written request of any Holder at any time prior to the Authorized Share Increase, the Corporation shall deliver to such Holder a report of the number of Available Shares then available.
d) Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The Corporation shall not effect any conversion of shares of Preferred Stock to Common Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any shares of Preferred Stock to Common Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to such conversion, such Holder, any person having beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock owned by such Holder, or such Holder together with such Holder's Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder's Affiliates (any such person other than Holder, including any group of which Holder is a member, an “Additional Restricted Ownership Person”), would beneficially own in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Additional Restricted Ownership Person shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Preferred Stock with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted shares of Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any Additional Restricted Ownership Person in excess of such limitation and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by such Holder or any Additional Restricted Ownership Person. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
e) Mechanics of Conversion
i. Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than three (3) Business Days after the Conversion Date, the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to such Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock, which Conversion Shares shall contain or be subject to the following restrictive legend:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
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ii. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Corporation covenants that it will at all times from and after the Authorized Share Increase reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock hereunder. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
iii. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock, and instead the number of shares issued shall be rounded down to the next whole share.
iv. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
Section 7. Certain Other Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then the number of Conversion Shares shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall become effective (1) with respect to a dividend or distribution, immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and (2) with respect to a subdivision, combination or re-classification, immediately after the effective date of such event.
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b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7(a) above, if at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will, upon the conversion of such Holder’s shares of Preferred Stock, be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder would have acquired had such conversion occurred immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
c) Adjustment for Merger or Consolidation. If there shall occur any consolidation or merger involving the Corporation in which the Common Stock (but not a series of the Corporation’s preferred stock) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash, or other property (other than a transaction covered by Sections 7(a) or 7(b)), then, following any such consolidation or merger, provision shall be made that each share of Preferred Stock shall thereafter be convertible, in lieu of the Common Stock into which it was convertible prior to such event, into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of one share Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Section 7 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 7 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock.
d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest 1/100th of a share. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.
Section 8. Redemption upon Corporation Sale. In the event of a Corporation Sale (other than a Corporation Sale to which Section 7(c) applies), each share of outstanding Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Corporation by paying the Holder thereof an amount equal to the amount such Holder would have received in connection with such Corporation Sale had such Holder converted such share of Preferred Stock into Common Stock immediately prior to such Corporation Sale (without giving effect to any limitations on conversion set forth in Section 6), all to the extent permitted by Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders (the “Available Proceeds”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a redemption pursuant to the preceding sentence, if the Available Proceeds are not sufficient to redeem all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall redeem a pro rata portion of each Holder’s shares of Preferred Stock to the fullest extent of such Available Proceeds, based on the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares to be redeemed if the Available Proceeds were sufficient to redeem all such shares, and shall redeem the remaining shares as soon as it may lawfully do so under Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders.
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Section 9. Miscellaneous.
a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission in PDF format to the Corporation at the address of its principal office at Teligent, Inc., 105 Lincoln Avenue, Buena, NJ 08310, Attention: Timothy B. Sawyer and Philip K. Yachmetz, with a copy to K&L Gates LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York City, New York 10022, Attention: Whitney J. Smith, and to K&L Gates LLP, 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Sean M. Jones, or such other address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 9. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission in PDF format addressed to each Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation.
b) Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
c) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. The Corporation and each Holder irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, and (b) the United States District Court sitting in New Castle County in the State of Delaware, for the purposes of any action arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. The Corporation and each Holder agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be commenced either in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or if such action may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, in the United States District Court sitting in New Castle County in the State of Delaware. The Corporation and each Holder hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The Corporation and each Holder hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby. If the Corporation or any Holder shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
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d) Waiver. Any of the rights, powers, privileges and other terms of the Preferred Stock set forth in this Certificate of Designation may be waived prospectively or retrospectively on behalf of all Holders by the affirmative written consent or vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock.
e) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.
f) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
g) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
h) Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series D Convertible Preferred Stock.
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RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to prepare and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations in accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this 25th day of January 2021.
/s/ Timothy B. Sawyer | /s/ Philip K. Yachmetz | |
Name: Timothy B. Sawyer | Name: Philip K. Yachmetz | |
Title: President | Title: Corporate Secretary |
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